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Dancing Shiva from India | Dansende Shiva Nataraja 10 cm

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Nataraja of Nataraj, de dansvorm van Lord Shiva. De term ‘Nataraj’ betekent ‘King of Dancers’ (Sanskriet nata = dans; raja = koning). In de woorden van Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Nataraj is het ‘duidelijkste beeld van de activiteit van God waar elke kunst of religie zich op kan beroemen.’ Het is in feite iconografische weergave van het rijke en diverse culturele erfgoed van India en werd in het zuiden van India ontwikkeld door kunstenaars uit de 9e en 10e eeuw tijdens de Chola-periode (880-1279 CE) in een reeks prachtige bronzen sculpturen. Tegen de 12e eeuw na Christus bereikte het een canonieke status en al snel werd de Chola Nataraja het ultieme statement van de hindoeïstische kunst.

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Nataraja or Nataraj, the dancing form of Lord Shiva, is a symbolic synthesis of the most important aspects of Hinduism, and the summary of the central tenets of this Vedic religion. The term ‘Nataraj’ means ‘King of Dancers’ (Sanskrit nata = dance; raja = king). In the words of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Nataraj is the “clearest image of the activity of God which any art or religion can boast of…A more fluid and energetic representation of a moving figure than the dancing figure of Shiva can scarcely be found anywhere,” An extraordinary iconographic representation of the rich and diverse cultural heritage of India, it was developed in southern India by 9th and 10th-century artists during the Chola period (880-1279 CE) in a series of beautiful bronze sculptures. By the 12th century AD, it achieved canonical stature and soon the Chola Nataraja became the supreme statement of Hindu art.

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